From Animals to Robots and Back: Reflections on Hard Problems in the Study of Cognition, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014 A Collection in Honour of Aaron Sloman Cognitive Systems Monographs Series, Vol. 22

Cognitive Science is a discipline that brings together research in natural and artificial systems and this is clearly reflected in the diverse contributions to From Animals to Robots and Back.

In tribute to Aaron Sloman and his pioneering work in Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence, the editors have collected a unique collection of cross-disciplinary papers that include work on:

·        intelligent robotics;

·        philosophy of cognitive science;

·        emotional research

·        computational vision;

·        comparative psychology; and

·        human-computer interaction.

Key themes such as the importance of taking an architectural view in approaching cognition, run through the text. Drawing on the expertize of leading international researchers, contemporary debates in the study of natural and artificial cognition are addressed from complementary and contrasting perspectives with key issues being outlined at various levels of abstraction.

From Animals to Robots and Back, will give readers with backgrounds in the study of both natural and artificial cognition an important window on the state of the art in cognitive systems research.

A unique selection of cross-disciplinary papers focusing on problems and solutions of cognition in natural and artificial systems

Integrative and wide ranging architectural view of cognition as relevant to researchers in natural as to those in artificial cognition

Addresses hot topics and contrasting views on contemporary debates in cognition with key issues addressed from different perspectives and levels of abstraction

Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras